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30.5 - TessaVanessa's Task: Music Terms

Pick 2 options from below. Read 2 books, one for each option.
Required: State the options when you post.

Option 1: Song
A song can be defined as a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing. Other words synonymous with song are lullaby, anthem, ballad, ditty or carol.

Some books are published with two different titles depending on the market they will be sold in or the title was changed upon re-release. Could we call them Synonymous Titles? (I just made that up!)

Read a book that was first published under a different title. The original title must be present in the metadata on the book's main GR page. A book with a title in a different language that translates to a synonymous title does not fulfill the task.

Examples:
These books would work:
The Lost Daughter - original title: The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes
Keeping The Dead - original title: The Keepsake
The Keeper of Lost Causes - original title: Kvinden i buret; translates to: The Woman in the Cage

These books will NOT work:
The Name of the Rose - original title: Il nome della rosa; translates to: The Name of the Rose
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - original title: Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann; translates to: The Hundred-Year-Old Who Stepped Out of the Window and Disappeared
The House by the River - original title: Το σπίτι δίπλα στο ποτάμι; translates to: The House Next to the River
Still Waters - original title: I de lugnaste vatten; translates to: In the Calmest Waters

Option 2: Chords
A chord is the sounding of two or more notes at the same time.
Read a book that is part of 2 or more different series. The multiple series designation must be shown on the book's Goodreads series page.

Examples:
Don't Tell by Karen Rose; Romantic Suspense #1, Chicago #1
Darker Than Night by John Lutz; Frank Quinn #1: Night #4
Fire and Ice by J.A. Jance; J.P Beaumont #19, Joanna Brady #14

Option 3: Ensemble
An ensemble is a group of performers.
Read a book with 3 or more authors/contributors. This Goodreads list may help: Best Anthologies.

Examples:
Love Least Expected
My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

Option 4: Duet
A duet is a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
Read a book that shares a title (ignore subtitles) with a song from this list : The 100 Best Duets of All Time
Titles must match exactly.

REQUIRED: State the number of the song when you post.

Examples:
Friends And Lovers by Diana Palmer; #57
Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes; #59
Separate Lives by Kathryn Flett; #64

Option 5: Cut time
Cut time is any time signature (usually 4/4) with the tempo doubled so as to make everything half as long.
Read a book with a 4 found in the total page count AND in the year first published.

Examples:
Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara; 240 pages, first published 1934
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd; 384 pages, first published 2014

The 100 best duets of all time

1. Love to love you baby by Donna Summer
2. You don't bring me flowers by Neil Diamond
3. With you I'm born again by Billy Preston, Syreeta Wright
4. I wanna make it up to you by Aretha Franklin
5. Some velvet morning by Anna Hanski, Lee Hazlewood
6. Through the eyes of a child by Bobby Womack, Patti LaBelle
7. I guess I’ll have to change my plans by Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan
8. Makin’ Whoopee! By Rickie Lee Jones, Dr. John
9. I hear you Now by Jon & Vangelis
10. Desafinado by George Michael, Astrud Gilberto
11. You don’t know me by Ray Charles, Diana Krall
12. Almost is never enough by Ariana Grande, Nathan Sykes
13. Dead Ringer for love by Meat Loaf, Cher
14. The closer I get to you by Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway
15. I fall to pieces by Patsy Cline, The Jordanaires
16. Golden Ring by George Jones, Tammy Wynette
17. Barcelona by Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballe
18. Someday by Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler
19. You’re all I need to get by by Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
20. Your precious love by Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
21. Crazy in love by Beyonce, JAY-Z
22. No air by Jordan Sparks, Chris Brown
23. Under Pressure by Queen, David Bowie
24. Don’t know much by Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville
25. Reunited by Peaches & Herb
26. Gone Fishin’ by Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby
27. Just Once in my life by The Righteous Brothers
28. (You’re My) Soul and inspiration by Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond
29. I saw her standing there by Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard
30. I know him so well by Elaine Page, Barbara Dickson
31. To be young gifted and Black by Bob & Marcia
32. Don’t fall in love with a dreamer by Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes
33. Stan by Eminem, Dido
34. By Design by Diane Schuur, Jose Feliciano
35. I got you babe by Sonny & Cher
36. Ain’t no mountain high enough by Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrill
37. Time to say goodbye by Sarah Brightman, Andrea Bocelli
38. Dream a little dream of me by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong
39. Somethin’ stupid by Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra
40. A Rockin’ good way (To mess around and fall in love) by Dinah Washington, Brook Benton
41. Don’t go breaking my heart by Elton John, Kiki Dee
42. It takes two by Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston
43. No more tears (Enough is Enough) by Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer
44. Ain’t that loving you (For more reasons than one) by Isaac Hayes, David Porter
45. Agua de beber by Astrud Gilberto Antonio, Carlos Jobim Mo
46. Wild night by John Mellencamp, Meshell Ndegeocello
47. The girl is mine by Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney
48. (I’ve had) The time of my life by Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes
49. Easy Lover by Philip Bailey, Phil Collins
50. Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado, Timbaland
51. Ebony and Ivory – Remixed 2015 by Paul McCartney
52. Close my eyes forever by Lita Ford, Ozzy Osbourne
53. You’re the one that I want – from Grease by John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
54. (I’ve had) The time of my life by Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes
55. I just can’t stop loving you by Michael Jackson, Siedah Garrett
56. Something stupid by Michael Buble, Reese Witherspoon
57. Friends and lovers by Carl Anderson, Gloria Loring
58. Baby, come to me by Patti Austin, James Ingram
59. Nobody by Keith Sweat, Athena Cage
60. You don’t have to be a star (To be in my show) by Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis, Jr.
61. You don’t bring me flowers by Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond
62. Don’t know much by Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville
63. Reunited by Peaches & Herb
64. Separate Lives by Phil Collins, Marilyn Martin
65. Do that to me one more time by Captain & Tenille
66. On my own by Patti LaBelle
67. Don’t go breaking my heart by Elton John, Kiki Dee
68. Islands in the stream by Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers
69. Say, say, say by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson
70. Never gonna let you go by Sergio Mendes
71. Up where we belong by Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes
72. Endless love by Lionel Richie
73. Stop, look, listen by Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye
74. Broken strings by James Morrison, Nelly Furtado
75. 7 seconds by Youssou N;Dour, Neneh Cherry
76. Destiny by Jim Brickman, Collin Raye, Susan Ashton
77. The gift by Jim Brickman, Collin Raye, Susan Ashton
78. Need you now by Lady Antebellum
79. The prayer by Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli
80. We could be in love by Lea Salonga w/ Brad Kane
81. Up where we belong by Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes
82. I want to spend my lifetime loving you by Tina Arena, Marc Anthony
83. I will (Take you forever) by Christopher Cross
84 Just a kiss by Lady Antebellum
85. Two is better than one by Boys Like Girls, Taylor Swift
86. You don’t bring me flowers by Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond
87. Guilty by Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb
88. Tell Him by Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion
89. I finally found someone by Barbra Streisand, Bryan Adams
90. What Kind of fool by Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb
91. Till I loved you by Barbra Streisand, Don Johnson
92. The Closer by Luther Vandross, Beyonce
93. Where you are by Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey
94. The next time I fall by Peter Cetera, Amy Grant
95. Say something by A Great Big World
96. Quando, Quando, Quando by Michael Buble, Nelly Furtado
97. Never gonna let you go by Sergio Mendes
98. Tonight I celebrate my love by Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack
99. Perfect combination by Stacy Lattisaw, Johnny Gill
100. Whenever I call you friend by Michael Johnson.

Reserved

Approved books for option 1:
Life: A User's Manual
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!
A Conspiracy of Faith
The Scarred Woman
Orient Express
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Omul de ianuarie
To Say Nothing of the Dog


Not approved:
The Winter Sea

This thread is now open!

Google translate says that Life: A User's Manual in French (original language) is Life Instructions. Would that be approved?

OK...The Winter Sea has also been published as Sophia's Secret. That would work for Option 1, I think. My problem is that I want to read (and have) The Winter Sea, not the other title. Would that mean I could not use it or would I just note that it was also published as...when I post?

OK...I think this one works...

I would read My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, which was originally published as Min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt (google translates as My grandmother says hello and says sorry).

Would it be possible to post the list of song titles? It's very hard for me to read them ... especially the ones that are gray on black!

Thank you in advance.

This is similar to Bea's question in post 6.

4:50 from Paddington says "Previously published as What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw." at the start of the book description, but the data section says "Original title: 4.50 from Paddington".
What Mrs. McGillicudy Saw! says "Original title: 4.50 from Paddington".

Does this mean that only one of the two titles would work for Option 1 of this task?

Bea wrote: "Google translate says that Life: A User's Manual in French (original language) is Life Instructions. Would that be approved?"

Yes.

Bea wrote: "OK...The Winter Sea has also been published as Sophia's Secret. That would work for Option 1, I think. My problem is that I want to read (and have) [book:The Winter Se..."

The original title must be present in the metadata on the book's main GR page. Reading The winter sea would not work because it doesn't have original title in metadata.

Bea wrote: "OK...I think this one works...

I would read My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, which was originally published as Min mormor hälsar och säger förlåt (google translates..."

This will work.

Julia wrote: "This is similar to Bea's question in post 6.

4:50 from Paddington says "Previously published as What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw." at the start of the book description, but the data sectio..."

What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw will work.

Tess wrote: "Bea wrote: "OK...The Winter Sea has also been published as Sophia's Secret. That would work for Option 1, I think. My problem is that I want to read (and have) [book:T..."

Got it....And, looking at the publication dates and publisher...I am not sure that Sophia's Secret is the original work.

Oh, well...I am going with one of the others.

i think this works

A Conspiracy of Faith - the initial title was Flaskepost fra P which translates to Bottlepost from P

I found a couple of lists that might help:

List of works with different titles in the United Kingdom and United States
Changed Titles

Some work, some don't... so be careful when choosing.

Could I get I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison as a book with >3 contributors with the genre Crime? I don't want it to fall off the main page.

Link shows contents: https://catalog.manhattan.lib.ks.us/p...

KSMary wrote: "Could I get I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison as a book with >3 contributors with the genre Crime? I don't want it to fall off the main page.

Link show..."

I think you may have wanted this for challenge 30.3. For this challenge it won't work because other autgors aren't on GR main page.

Dee wrote: "i think this works

A Conspiracy of Faith - the initial title was Flaskepost fra P which translates to Bottlepost from P"

This works.

Will this work?

The Scarred Woman
Originally published with the title "Selfies"

Thanks

Pia wrote: "Will this work?

The Scarred Woman
Originally published with the title "Selfies"

Thanks"

Yes

Please confirm Orient Express by Graham Greene, originally published as Stamboul Train, for Option 1.

Please confirm The Best American Short Stories 1993 edited by Louise Erdrich for
Option 3.

Thank you.

would this work for published under different titles The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

original title The Surgeon of Crawthorne: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the love of words

Connie (Ava Catherine) wrote: "Please confirm Orient Express by Graham Greene, originally published as Stamboul Train, for Option 1.

Please confirm [book:The Best American Short Stories 1..."

This will work.

Marie (UK) wrote: "would this work for published under different titles The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

original title [book:The ..."

Yes

Book Concierge wrote: "Would it be possible to post the list of song titles? It's very hard for me to read them ... especially the ones that are gray on black!

Thank you in advance."

Sorry it took so long. I have the songs now in Post 2

Is this book ok for Option 1?

Omul de ianuarie, by David Mitchell, the Romanian title translates to "The January Man".
Original book title is Black Swan Green (Black Swan Green)

Thank you!

Iulia wrote: "Is this book ok for Option 1?

Omul de ianuarie, by David Mitchell, the Romanian title translates to "The January Man".
Original book title is Black Swan Green ([bo..."

This works.

Would Blackout be approved for Option 2? It is #1 in the All Clear duology, and is the third book in the Oxford Time Travel Series. Thanks!

For Option 2, could I use Double, Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini?

It's Sharon McCone #5.5, Nameless Detective #13, and while its only listed for Sharon McCone directly under the title, it has both in the Series metadata.

It's also in the Series listing for Nameless Detective: https://www.goodreads.com/series/4070...

Thanks

Christine wrote: "Would Blackout be approved for Option 2? It is #1 in the All Clear duology, and is the third book in the Oxford Time Travel Series. Thanks!"

Yes.

Trish wrote: "For Option 2, could I use Double, Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini?

It's Sharon McCone #5.5, Nameless Detective #13, and while its only listed for Sharon McCone directly under the ti..."

Yes.

Thanks.

Would To Say Nothing of the Dog work? It was first published under To Say Nothing of the Dog, or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last. It doesn't look like the additional part is a subtitle.

Kathy wrote: "Would To Say Nothing of the Dog work? It was first published under To Say Nothing of the Dog, or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last. It doesn't look like the additional part ..."

Yes

What about if the book is published at the same time, with different titles? Trace Elements and Rush On, Mercury?

Thanks!

Sandy wrote: "What about if the book is published at the same time, with different titles? Trace Elements and Rush On, Mercury?

Thanks!"

Being published at the same time would work, but these do not list the other title in the metadata.

Tess wrote: "Sandy wrote: "What about if the book is published at the same time, with different titles? Trace Elements and Rush On, Mercury?

Thanks!"

Being published at the sam..."

Actually, Rush On, Mercury does list Trace Elements in the metadata.

Tess wrote: "Sandy wrote: "What about if the book is published at the same time, with different titles? Trace Elements and Rush On, Mercury?

Thanks!"

Being published at the sam..."

I looked into this, thinking I could fix whatever was awry about the data, but I can't find any evidence suggesting that Rush On, Mercury is an actual title. Even the cover image says Trace Elements.

That said, when I search for it I keep finding Trace Elements. Just nothing that indicates what's actually going on here.

Sandy, are you aware of anything that explains this? An author's blog I'm missing, perhaps? Even a cover image that shows this title would help. Let me know and I'll try to get this corrected, but right now Rush On, Mercury looks like a phantom book that doesn't exist.

Aprilleigh wrote: "Tess wrote: "Sandy wrote: "What about if the book is published at the same time, with different titles? Trace Elements and Rush On, Mercury?

Thanks!"

Being publish..."

funny - it's listed on GR and also on other google searches. Who knows?

However, there's also a foreign language edition, Con el agua al cuello, the metadata for which indicates Trace Elements, and according to Google Translate, translates to "With the Water Up to the Neck."

Sandy wrote: "Aprilleigh wrote: "Tess wrote: "Sandy wrote: "What about if the book is published at the same time, with different titles? Trace Elements and Rush On, Mercury?

Than..."

Definitely a bizarre case. I'll try to ask her publisher for clarification through their website.

ETA: I've contacted the publisher and explained what I've found. Hopefully, they'll get back to me soon.

Aprilleigh wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Aprilleigh wrote: "Tess wrote: "Sandy wrote: "What about if the book is published at the same time, with different titles? Trace Elements and [book:Rush On, Mercury|48..."

might be interesting. It doesn't really matter - I have another spot to use the book, just trying to rearrange stuff because of not being able to get my library books that are on hold!

Thankfully I had just picked up my holds two days before my library closed.

would this work for Option 2 (two different series)

Book: Dune Messiah
Series #1: Dune #2
https://www.goodreads.com/series/4593...

Series #2: Dune Universe #12
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1061...

Thanks

Deedee wrote: "would this work for Option 2 (two different series)

Book: Dune Messiah
Series #1: Dune #2
https://www.goodreads.com/series/4593...

Series #2: Dune Universe #12
https://www.goodread..."
Yes

I finally got an answer from the publisher of Trace Elements - I will correct the records accordingly.

"Hi Aprilleigh,

Thank you for your email.

Rush On, Mercury was in fact an earlier title for the book that has now published as Trace Elements. That is, Rush On, Mercury is itself not a separate book – the title was changed to Trace Elements pre-publication. The ISBN you’ve mentioned is for the Trade Paperback edition of Trace Elements.

I hope this helps.

All the best,
Allie"

Aprilleigh wrote: "I finally got an answer from the publisher of Trace Elements - I will correct the records accordingly.

"Hi Aprilleigh,

Thank you for your email.

Rush On, Mercury was in fact an..."

That makes sense - Rush On, Mercury would have been a reasonable title for the book, considering the plot.

can the books be read as either of the two titles that it is known under or does it have to be the second title

e.g The Lost Daughter can we read The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes

Marie (UK) wrote: "can the books be read as either of the two titles that it is known under or does it have to be the second title

e.g The Lost Daughter can we read [book:The Secret Life of CeeCee Wi..."

It needs to have in the metadata that it was published under another title. The lost daughter would work but not The secret life of CeeCee Williams.

Option 1: Would Something Fresh work? Its original title was Something New for the American market.